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Addison Shepherd Quotes

DEREK: "You know what I like? I like that we're civilized. We're these adult grown-up people who can be divorced and friendly. We deserve a medal."ADDISON: "It wasn't a one night stand."DEREK: "What?"ADDISON: "Mark and I, it wasn't a one-night stand. I was in love with him. Or at least I thought I was. After you left, we lived together for two months. I wanted to believe that we could make it work, that I hadn't thrown my marriage away, that I hadn't thrown my life away on a fling. But he's Mark, and, well, I caught him with someone else, and then Richard called. We both had relationships with other people. We're both equally liable for everything, so please... take the brownstone."DEREK: [pauses] "All I want is Seattle. I want Seattle and want never to see you again."

COUNSELOR: "Derek says that neither of you brought any assets into the marriage."ADDISON: "I had my trust fund, and a sparkling personality... uh, and a futon couch."DEREK: "Yes, Addison had a very ugly, very heavy futon couch."ADDISON: "Whatever happened to that couch?"DEREK: "We gave it to Mark. She can have him."ADDISON: "I don't want him."DEREK: "Well that's settled. What else?"

MEREDITH: [on painkillers] "I'm trying to choose between two men."ADDISON: [turns to leave] "Okay. Well. Good luck with that!"MEREDITH: "How did you know Derek was the one?" ADDISON: "Excuse me?"MEREDITH: "I know you hate me and you don't owe me anything. Nothing. No... What was I saying-"ADDISON: "Derek."MEREDITH: "Right, I want him to be the one. But I would know if he was the one, right? You knew, right?"ADDISON: "You don't... I didn't. I didn't know. It's just... Derek's the kinda guy I just knew wouldn't hurt me. Not on purpose anyway. Not the way I hurt him."MEREDITH: "He hurt me, when he chose you."ADDISON: [sighs] "I should have let him go. I should have stepped aside, been a better person. I should've a lot of things."MEREDITH: "Me too, a lot of things."

MIRANDA: "Since when do you 'get out?'"ADDISON: "Clearly, I'm not myself today."MIRANDA: "Never would have figured Mark Sloan to be your type."ADDISON: "He's not... he's not... What is he doing here? He's not supposed to be here. I can't have him here, I can't. He's supposed to be in New York. I can't function with him here. I'm a professional here, people respect me here, but when he's here I'm just... I'm..."MIRANDA: "A woman who gets the hots for man candy and cheats on her husband."ADDISON: "That is rude. And unkind. And completely true. And oh my God, what am I gonna do?"MIRANDA: "For starters, you can keep your knees closed in his presence."ADDISON: "Miranda!"MIRANDA: "You asked. And also, you can remember, that no man, not Derek, not Mark, defines who you are."

ALEX: "Why not just cut me loose and let me in on a surgery where I might actually learn something?"ADDISON: "Mark Sloan's burn case."ALEX: "I'm going into plastics anyway."ADDISON: "You think that Mark Sloan has anything to teach you? He's just like you. He's only looking out for himself."ALEX: "So what? Your patient's looking out for herself, you're looking out for yourself."ADDISON: "No, I'm not, actually."ALEX: "Well, maybe you should be."

MEREDITH: "Megan? Oh... hi."ADDISON: "Weren't you just up on 3?"MEREDITH: "Well we lost a patient, a little girl. And I was just trying..."ADDISON: "Why don't you pick a floor and stay on it and I'll pick a floor and stay on that becuase I really need a moment or two without you. Your face pops up in my head and your panties show up in my husband's pocket, really, you're everywhere, and I need a moment or two without you."MEREDITH: "I get that."ADDISON: "Thanks."

MARK: "We're good together."ADDISON: "We aren't. You need to go home."MARK: "Come back with me."ADDISON: "You're insane. You're not going back... I'm not going back to New York."MARK: "Because it was just about the sex."ADDISON: [slaps him as they almost kiss] "Oh! Um... okay. Wel... goodbye."MARK: "Bye."

MEREDITH: "You don't get to call me a whore. When I met you, I thought I had found the person that I was going to spend the rest of my life with. I was done! All the boys and all the bars and all the obvious daddy issues, who cares? I was done. You left me. You chose Addison. I'm all glued back together now. I make no apologies for how I chose to repair what you broke. You don't get to call me a whore."DEREK: "This thing with us is finished. It's over."MEREDITH: "Finally."DEREK: "Yeah, it's done."MEREDITH: "It is done."